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Measuring Frailty in Medicare Data: Development and Validation of a Claims-Based Frailty Index
The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2017 · Vol. 73(7) · pp. 980–987
Dae Hyun Kim✉(Brigham and Women's Hospital)Sebastian Schneeweiß(Brigham and Women's Hospital)Robert J. Glynn(Brigham and Women's Hospital)Lewis A. Lipsitz(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)Kenneth Rockwood(Dalhousie University)Jerry Avorn(Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Abstract
A novel frailty index can measure the risk for adverse health outcomes that is not otherwise quantified using demographic characteristics and traditional comorbidity measures in Medicare data.
Frailty in Older AdultsNutrition and Health in AgingHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMedicineFrailty IndexStatisticGerontologyIndex (typography)StatisticsDemographyMathematicsComputer science
MeSH terms
FrailtyAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleMedicareHumansInsurance Claim ReviewMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesGeriatric AssessmentComorbidityFrail Elderly
Funding
- John A. Hartford Foundation
- Atlantic Philanthropies
- National Institute on Aging
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